Ever since both the manga and anime came to a close, Fairy Tail fans have been waiting with bated anticipation for the release of the Fairy Tail RPG by Koei Tecmo and Gust. With the release date drawing closer and closer, Koei Tecmo announced that the game will include three new playable characters.

Fairy Tail is a popular Japanese franchise that started out as a manga series back in 2006 and later received an anime adaptation that premiered in 2009. Since then, it has become a well known and prominent series in the world of manga and anime. Given the popularity of the series, Fairy Tail would receive a video game adaptation that was announced back in September of 2019.

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On December 12th 2019, Koei Tecmo announced that three new playable characters will be added to the new Fairy Tail game. These characters include Laxus Dreyar, Mirajane Strauss, and Jellal Fernandes. These three characters will be added to the roster of playable characters, along with the five other Fairy Tail characters that were announced at the Tokyo Game Show.

With the departure of both the anime and the mangaFairy Tail fans have been incredibly excited for the release of this game. The Fairy Tail game will feature a roster of fifteen playable characters and RPG style gameplay, which was shown off in a new Fairy Tail trailer that was released back in early December.

Though, for how excited the fans are for the release of the Fairy Tail game, it's hard to predict how successful it will be. Although the anime has become popular in the West, the overall quality of anime based games has been very low. Given the lackluster performance of games like Jump Forceit's difficult to know how well Fairy Tail will measure up.

Having said that, not every anime based game has been met with poor reception from fans and critics. Dragon Ball FighterZ garnered a massive following, as well as being nominated for numerous accolades after its release. What it might ultimately come down to is the genre of the game in question. This new Fairy Tail game is an RPG that will feature 30 hours of gameplay. Since Fairy Tail is a series whose main focus is adventure, it makes sense to have this new game be an RPG and not a fighting game like Jump Force or Dragon Ball FighterZ. Fans will just have to wait until the game's release to find out if it meets expectations.

Fairy Tail will release on PC, PS4 and Switch on March 20th, 2020.

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Source: Comicbook.com